The prime ministers of the Visegrad countries expressed deep concern about
what they called a violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity, and
condemned all action threatening the country’s sovereignty. The prime
ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia issued a
joint statement on Tuesday, demanding a decrease in tensions through
dialogue. The Czech president, Miloš Zeman, meanwhile, expressed
scepticism about plans to impose economic sanctions on Russia; Mr Zeman
told reporters that sanctions yielded no reasonable results.